Clothes-drier.



PATENTED Nov; 13, 1906.

P. POY.

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.9.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK FOY, or ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed March 9, 1906. Serial No. 305-120.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK For, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Roanoke city, county of Roanoke, State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers,

of which the following is a full and clear specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which'- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, a view of the upper portion, part being broken away and part being in section; Fig. 3, a vertical sectional view, parts being broken away; Fig. 4, a cross-section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

This-invention relates to improvementsin clothes-driers, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device that will be light, strong, and durable, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

To the accomplishment of this object and such others as may hereinafter appear the invention consists of the parts and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which the same reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings by referenceletters, A designates the stationary post hollowed out or grooved for the reception of a movable standard B, adapted to be raised and lowered therein. This movable standard supports at its top a clothes-supporting frame C, which can be revolved thereon.

Means for raising and lowering the standard B, with its clothes-supporting frame, are provided, consisting of a Windlass D, an idle pulley E, and a rope or cable F.

To look the vertically-adjustable standard B, with its clothes-supporting frame, in its adjusted positions, means are provided as follows: The Windlass D is provided with a suitable handle and is supported in brackets Q, mounted upon one side of the post A. These brackets are provided with eyes R, through which is adapted to pass a lockingpin S, the end of which is adapted to engage the handle of the Windlass, thereby preventing the turning of the Windlass. The rope or cable F is secured at one end to the Windlass D and at the other end to a clip T, secured to the lower end of the movable standard B, passing over the idle pulley E, mounted in brackets secured near the top of the post A, the rope moving in a vertical slot U in the p Preferably in constructing the post 1 provide a removable side V, in which the slot U is formed. To prevent the locking-pin from being misplaced, it is secured to the side of the post by a suitable chain and staple.

To provide a light, durable, and strong structure that can be extended, Iconstruct my clothes-supporting frame as follows: G is a cap provided with radial arms H, which are connected thereto in any substantial manner. Upon the end of each of the radial arms is secured bybolts or otherwise an eye I, having an integral depending hook J, and between the endof the arm and the central cap is provided a depending hook K, secured to the arm by a ,bolt L, the upper end of which is provided with an eye M. The cap G is formed with a crown N, having staples secured thereto to receive the hooked ends of the stay-rods O, the other ends of the stayrods being respectively secured to the eyes I upon the ends of the radial arms. The staples also receive the hooked ends of the intermediate stay-rods P, the other ends of these short stays being secured to the eyes M of the boltsL. The depending hooks J and K support the clothes-lines, which are preferably of the well-known galvanized cable type, so that when suspended on hooks they can be drawn taut and their ends spliced, so as to retain their tautness and not be materially affected by exposure. As can be seen in the drawings, the depending hooks incline toward the center, which tends to accomplish my desired object of obtaining the minimum lightness with a maximum of strength by thus providing a truss-like frame wherein the radial arms are supported from the top by the stay-rods and underneath by the clothes-lines. This style of .frame allows me to use very light radial arms and extend them a considerable dis.- tance from the central post, thereby giving me a great length of clothes-line, and by making the hooks K somewhat longer than the hooks J, as shown, the suspension of the inner clothes-line is on a lower plane than the outside clothes-line, which facilitates the hanging of the clothes on the inner line.

Suspending the clothes-line below the ing means for the foundation.

It will be understood that more clotheslines than the two shown can be used, the number of lines depending upon the length of the radial arms.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a clothes-drier of the type described, the

combination of a standard and a clothes-supporting frame on the upper end thereof, said clothes-supporting frame consisting of a series of radial arms extending from the post at a point below its upper end, a bracket attached to the extreme outer end of each arm and having an eye at its upper end and having a depending hook, and a clothes-line or cable connecting all of said hooks in a plane below the plane of the arms, said clothesline being drawn taut, and a series of stayrods connecting the eyes at the upper ends of the brackets to the top of the post.v

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of March, 1906.

PATRICK FOY.

Witnesses:

D. H. MATSON, R. H. ANGELL. 

